Teens want more advice about navigating consent but teachers’ sex ed skills are falling short

Young people are navigating their romantic and sexual lives in an increasingly complex world. Social media content, including from misogynistic influencers, have contributed to rapidly changing norms around gender, sex and relationships. Recent Australian research has found concerning rates of unwanted, forced or coerced sex and intimate partner violence among young people, including adolescents as young as 14. At the same time, many young people find the relationships and sexuality…